Struck By Incidents
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California Highway Patrol Officer Struck
At about 1:15 a.m. California Highway Patrol officers were conducting a traffic stop south of Willows on I-5 Northbound when the driver of Ford F-350 fell asleep and drifted onto the right hand shoulder. The truck was pulling a trailer that side swiped the Hyundai Elantra CHP had stopped. The impact caused the Elantra to slide sideways and hit CHP officer Joe Stokes. Another story can be found at: http://www.chicoer.com/rss/ci_25233424?source=rss
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Indiana: Chase in Webster County Ensues After Shots Fired, Deputy Hit by Vehicle
Authorities aren’t certain what started a fight between two Webster County men Tuesday, but when it was over, a mobile home had been riddled with bullets, one person was charged with attempted murder and a sheriff’s deputy had been struck by a vehicle.
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Michigan: Cruiser Struck, Deputy Injured
An Ottawa County deputy was treated at a local hospital for leg and head injuries, said Sheriff’s Sgt. Matt Wildfong. Police said the deputy was working a motorist assist near the 14-mile marker on eastbound I-96. A car had slid off the highway into the median.
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Michigan: Muskegon County Sheriff's Sergeant Struck by Semi-truck, Deputy Hit by Car
Two Muskegon County sheriff's officers were injured when they were hit by a semi-trailer truck and car, respectively, on Moorland Road around noon Friday February 21, 2014.
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Indiana: Ambulance with Ill Patient Crashes with Police Car
Police say two paramedics and two volunteer firefighters were hurt when an ambulance carrying a dying patient crashed into a sheriff's patrol car in central Indiana.
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Massachusetts: Natick Ambulance Struck by a Car
Natick police are searching for the operator of a truck involved in a hit-and-run accident with an ambulance Monday afternoon, police said. A Natick Fire Department ambulance was parked outside a residence on Rockland Street at about 2:30 p.m., responding to a call, when a red pickup truck hit the vehicle. The truck then sped off.
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Ohio: Video Show Police Cruiser Struck on I-75
A Dayton police officer was injured early Wednesday morning in a crash on Interstate 75 near Main Street. His cruiser was struck by a semi while the officer was stopped with his emergency lights on in a construction zone. Video from the cruiser cam of that officer's vehicle was released Thursday.
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Vermont Police Urge the Public to Slow Down in Bad Weather
A cruiser was hit by another vehicle on Interstate 89 in Sharon on Wednesday, February 19, sending a trooper to the hospital. State Police said Trooper Christopher Blais had stopped on the southbound interstate, with his emergency lights activated, to assist a motorist whose vehicle had spun out in the snow when the police cruiser was struck from behind by an SUV driven by Alden Hall, 44, of Lebanon. Blais was taken to Dartmouth-Hitchcock Medical Center with a potential back injury and later released, Keefe said.
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Maine: Emergency Vehicles in Sanford Damaged in Slip-Slide
The snow storm om Tuesday February 18 and icy roads are being blamed for a strange accident that damaged a Sanford fire truck, a Sanford police cruiser, and an ambulance from the town of Alfred.
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Ohio State Trooper Accused Of Driving Drunk, Crashing Into Parked Cars
An Ohio State Trooper is accused in a case of extreme drunk driving and 10TV has learned it's not the first time he's been accused of breaking the law he gets paid to enforce.